Andrzej Taranek is a Polish graphic artist, painter, and author whose work spans printmaking, drawing, and painting, often focused on the history and landscape of Gdańsk. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 1982 and earned a PhD in 2015 with the dissertation “The Landscape of Gdańsk as Cultural Heritage Amid Ongoing Transformations” (Polish: “Krajobraz Gdańska jako dziedzictwo kulturowe wobec zachodzących przemian”). His art has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, and his works are held by public institutions including the National Museum in Gdańsk, the National Library in Warsaw, and the Ossoliński National Institute, as well as in private collections in Europe and the United States.